Ash tray



C. W. REASNER.

ASH TRAY.

APPLICATION man um. 28. 1921.

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it i l l i Q CLYDE W. REASNER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

ASH TRAY.

To all whom it may OOHGGWZ.

Be it known that I. CLYDE lV. REASNER, a citizen of the UnitedStates.v residing at Chicago, in the county of Cool; and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ash Trays. of which the following is a. specification.

My invention relates to ash trays, and the like, and has to do especially with an ash tray made of glass or similar frangible material.

In the manufacture of ash trays and the like especially those made of glass or other easily breakable i'naterial the flanges become broken easily, thereby destroying the ap pearance of the ash tray and necessitating discarding the same.

Anobject of my invention is to improve structural details of the ash tray. v

Another object of the invention is to increase the depth Or the ash receiving portion without having to increase the amount of material for making the tray.

A further object is to provide a scraper to make it easier to remove the ashes from cigars and cigarettes.

still further object is to improve ash trays for successful commercial use.

The various novel features of my invention will be disclosed in the following specifications and drawings and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

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Figure 1 is a side elevation of an ash tray constructed in accordance with the preferred embodiment of my invention;

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the tray of Figure 1, and;

Figure 3 is a fragmentary view showing details of construction.

The tray shown herein comprises a usual ash receiving portion 5, with a laterally ex tending flange 6, and depressions 7 for holding cigars and the like and is also provided with a projection 8 for supporting a match box in the usual manner.

In shaping the ash tray, the surface 9 of Specification of Letters Patent. Pate t d J 6, 192 Application filed January 28, 1921.

Serial No. 440,569.

the ash portion 5, and of the upper face of the flange 6 are continued upwardly and inwardly meeting at an acute angle above the top surface of the flange 6. (See Figure It will be noted that this construction serves several purposes By forming an acute angleat the meeting of the two surfaces a scraper. or sharp edge, 10, is provided which serves to more easily remove the ashes from cigars or cigarettes. Another purpose is that the depth of the ash portion is in creased the amount of the extension of the scraper above the lateral flange.

A further advantage resulting from this construction is that a fillet is formed between the flange 6 and the edge 10 for strengthening purpose.

it is manifest from an inspection of th drawings that a scraper edge 10, does not extend across the rests 7, but does extend about the balance of the upper portion of the tray.

I do not wish to be considered as limiting my invention to an ash tray which is made of glass only, as the same may be made of any material which may be readily formed in a mold.

I claim:

1. An ash tray of frangible material, having an ash pocket and a laterally extending marginal flange thereabout; the surface defining the sides of the pocket and the top of the flange being continued upwardly and inwardly, meeting in a plane above the flange, thereby increasing the depth of said pocket.

2. sin ash tray of frangible material, having an ash pocket and a laterally extending marginal flange, the surfaces defining the pocket and the top of the flange being continned upwardly and inwardly meeting at an acute angle above the flange for providing a scraper edge.

Signed at Chicago, Illinois, this24.-th day of January, 1921.

CLYDE W. REASNER. 

